US Politics, November 2019: These people are truly sick.

straight white christians will be able to continue purchasing as many guns as they can possibly fit in their household, under the "straight white christians with guns make the world safer" exemption

they're finally going to start enforcing all those regulations that are already on the books

Ending gun violence by stressing with heretofore unseen emphasis just how very illegal gun violence is.

I like how it's all focused on guys who use guns in crimes... but up to the point that the crime is committed, owning all those guns is a-okay!

also tbf these hearings are p boring if you've been following along

this guy is p hilarious though

Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), a key Trump ally on Capitol Hill, offered a novel defense of the president Wednesday, arguing that the truth is subjective.

“I think what happens is, when we start to look at the facts, everybody has their impression of what truth is,” Meadows told reporters at the Capitol.

they're finally going to start enforcing all those regulations that are already on the books

lol good one

So this guy's line of questioning is that the so-called irregular channel was irregular but not totally outlandish, yet maybe Taylor should have been ... more concerned?

kinda weird that of all the crimes committed in office this is the one that blows up

He could shit on someone on 5th avenue

I've been in meetings all morning, is there a good summary being compiled somewhere (none offense to y'all).

Trump Did It

Was anyone around for the Watergate hearings?

I was. I even watched a fair amount of them, since I was a student, not working at a job. Yes, they could get a bit tedious at times, but the novelty of watching how Congress really operated, plus the historic context of the first impeachment proceedings in a century, made it interesting most of the time - for anyone inclined to be interested in such stuff. Most people got their version greatly condensed on the evening news - at a time when the FCC meant something and the FOX News 24-hour propagandistic approach did not yet exist.

In fact, it was the Watergate reportage in general that galvanized the right wing to emasculate the FCC, eliminate the Fairness Doctrine, and constantly whip PBS and major network news as rotten with "liberal bias". With the election of Reagan, clearing a path for conservatives to control the airwaves and cable was among their first priorities.

jesus I walked away for 10 minutes and now wat the fuck is going on. Is this Jordan?

re: Barr's gun announcement, to anyone with half a brain "special vigor" is just a nice way of saying "selective enforcement".

Shouty guy who doesn't own a jacket = Jordan.

Jordan took too many pep pills this morning

Wish he'd take a cyanide

Ratcliffe is all "lemme get my sound bite! Heeyyyuhh no stop ruining my soundbiteuhhh!! Gosh, I worked super hard on it and everything"

^^That was sweet.

Lol

I liked Nunes’ “mother of all conspiracy theories” comment. Dude that theory is substantiated directly in the transcript released by the WH. Shut up.

The Democrats are like the desperate ex girlfriend/boyfriend that you want absolutely nothing to do with!

— Eric Trump (@EricTrump) November 13, 2019

stop linking that shit, jfc

Eric would probably have firsthand experience in that department. Not saying on which end of it.

He has the look of a man with some real-world experience with violating restraining orders.

meanwhile

Whereby US and Turkey Presidents sit down in White House, defend their military presence in Syria and then claim its oil.

“We are keeping the oil. We have the oil. The oil is secure. We left troops behind only for the oil,” Trump: pic.twitter.com/vBqIgPztok

— Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) November 13, 2019

The same guy who tweeted 11 or so times in past 15 hours about stuff on Fox News says he's too busy to watch impeachment hearings

I assume this is because GOP Senators grasp that fucking up the Dem primaries is a higher priority

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), an adviser to the Senate Republican leadership, says there are not enough votes in the Senate to immediately dismiss any articles of impeachment passed by the House against President Trump.

Republicans have discussed the possibility of quickly dismissing charges against Trump, which would just require 51 votes. But Cornyn said that would be a difficult hurdle for the GOP, which holds 53 seats in the Senate.

“There’s some people talking about trying to stop the bill, dismiss charges basically as soon as they get over here. I think that’s not going to happen. That would require 51 votes,” Cornyn told reporters Wednesday.

“I think it would be hard to find 51 votes to cut the case off before the evidence is presented,” he added.

Cornyn also said it would be better to have a trial in the Senate if the House impeaches Trump.

The veteran GOP senator said it would be “the better course would be to let each side have their say and then have the Senate vote and see if they can meet the two-thirds threshold” to convict the president on impeachment articles.

Is Erdogan going to have his shitty bodyguards beat people up again?

probably

#1 sign of a devastating cross is this face on the witness: pic.twitter.com/P5g99aopfv

— Andrew Fleischman (@ASFleischman) November 13, 2019

A rictus of sheer terror

i'm gonna go fucking crazy if we start analyzing screenshots again

i've listened to this on the radio, but there is a screenshot out there of one of the aides stifling a sneeze, along with a headline article on daily caller about how the democratic deep state can't control it's discomfort in spreading the ukraine hoax

i haven't seen this screenshot, and i don't read the daily caller, but i know they're there

trump and melania can't stand being around each other!!!

*cut to shot of melania being rich as fuck and not caring about anything, and even wearing an ugly shirt that says as much on the back of it in ragged lettering ripped off from the work of a non-rich person*

Thanks KM, I'm sick of it too

We are casting runes, it is what u do in the endtimes

jim jordan cuts to the cold truth, stunning the entire hearing room:

"the democrats are going to bring in a parade of witnesses, and they'll all say something like 'so and so said such and such to so so, and we recommend impeachment"

lol Welch with the awesome zing

It's frustrating that the Republican platform's bias against education as elitist has also applied to the politicians.

^^^ I'm on a time delay, so I just got this now. A+. xp

Rep. Jordan says Congress won’t be able to question the one “who started it all,” referring to the whistleblower.

Rep. Welch: "I'd be glad to have the person who started it all to come in and testify. President Trump is welcome to take a seat right there." pic.twitter.com/nE8Exwn3CG

— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) November 13, 2019

lol that's good

FAKE IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS HAVE BEGUN!

Bob,

The Democrats are playing a sick game.

The Impeachment Scam hearings begin today! This is a complete Fake Hearing (trial) to interview Never Trumpers and a Pelosi-Schiff SCAM against the Republican Party and me.

It’s obvious they hate me, but more importantly, they HATE YOU. The Democrats know they can’t win in 2020, so they want to rip the power from your hands by ERASING your VOTE, ERASING your VOICE, and ERASING your FUTURE!

BOTTOM LINE: THIS WITCH HUNT SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO PROCEED.

The Radical Left and Lamestream Media are just trying to make it hard for TRUE AMERICANS, including YOUR PRESIDENT, to win in 2020. We can’t let them get away with this.

It’s time to make a statement. I want to do something so EPIC that even the FAKE NEWS media won’t be able to ignore us while these baseless Witch Hunt Trials go on.

I WANT TO RAISE 3 MILLION DOLLARS IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

These next 24 hours are SO CRITICAL, that I’ve authorized an EMERGENCY DOUBLE-MATCH on ALL DONATIONS.

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END THE FAKE IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS

Together, we are going to show the degenerate Trump Haters that they cannot break us and that AMERICA will no longer tolerate their CORRUPT actions.

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So much Erasure

Lol fake impeachment hoax

huge televangelist vibes coming off that email

Fake Hearing (trial)

I will use the funds, to buy a NEW CAR! I will use this VERY NICE NEW CAR to drive to the BEACH.

ALL of the money will be used to purchase the CAR and maybe even THE GAS to take me to THE BEACH.